title: Seeking asylum in Australia: immigration detention, human rights and mental health care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The article aims to discuss the impact of mandatory detention and human rights violations on the mental health of asylum seekers and the implications for psychiatrists and health professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Advocacy for human rights and engagement in social debate are core ethical and professional responsibilities. Clinicians need to maintain a focus on ethical obligations.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. louise.newman@monash.edu
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudley
mesh_terms: D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
keywords: Australia; asylum seekers; detained children; detention; ethics; human rights; immigration policy; mental health care; refugees; stress; trauma